Opportunity Summit 2019 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

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Opportunity summit May 2, 2019

41,000 ... imagine Petco Park at capacity. This is also the number of young people (16-24 years old) in San Diego County who are NOT in school or working. This is a vision we can and must change.

Also known as ‘opportunity youth,’ for many different reasons, these young adults are discon-nected from the opportunity to pursue their education and/or career.

We must invest in their future - now. This is our opportunity and call to action. Working together across sectors and systems, we can provide new and positive pathways and vocational options so that each person can pursue and realize their potential. Join us to create this important new vision.

SPECIAL THANKS TO LAST YEAR’S SPONSORS

Nearly 1 in 10 san diegans between the ages of

16 and 24 are disconnected from school & work.

Opportunity Summit 2019 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

regional success As San Diego’s innovation economy continues to grow, businesses are increasingly reporting talent shortages. If reconnected to education and/or employment, op-portunity youth and young adults can help fill this need, increasing the size, quality and diversity of San Diego’s talent pipeline.

This community-wide challenge requires leaders across sectors to have the tough conversations about the way race, ethnicity, age, gender and geography play a role in how youth and young adults experience San Diego systems and institutions. This challenge is bigger than any one leader or organization.

WE NEED BOLD PARTNERS TO HELP LEAD THIS INITATIVE.

Opportunity Summit 2019 will inspire the 800 attendees to take action to increase opportunity and decrease poverty in our region. Key features include:

• Young adults featured as experts, speakers and artists through-out the event

• Hot topics addressed head-on, such as homelessness, criminal justice reform, education equity and job quality

• Regional business, education, political and nonprofit leaders as well as practitioners in each of those sectors

WHY INVEST?

ARE YOU IN?

Opportunity Summit 2019 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SPONSORSHIPS VALUED AT $25,000Presenting Sponsor | Exclusive designation as Presenting Sponsor. Sponsor’s corporate name or logo with “Presented by” appears with event name on all digital and printed pre-, post-, and day of event materials.

Keynote Speaker Sponsor (2 available) | Align your company with a 2019 Opportunity Summit keynote speaker by sponsoring their presentation and introducing them. Our keynote presenters are dynamic speakers and well-known leaders with national reputation. Your logo will be visible throughout their presentation on a banner or video projection. Keynote speaker sponsors will have the opportunity to meet in a private setting with the speaker.

Lunch Sponsor | You will be invited to provide signage in the lunch area and have the opportunity to give a 3-minute speech before lunch introducing your company and highlighting your connection to the issue. This sponsor may also provide swag or other logo representation for the tables where attendees will eat and experience the lunchtime plenary session.

SPONSORSHIPS VALUED AT $15,000Breakfast & Coffee Sponsor | Attendees arrive early for networking, breakfast and coffee. This sponsorship includes prominent signage near the food as well as on-screen during breakfast. This sponsor may provide swag or other logo representation for the tables where attendees will eat and experience the first plenary session.

LED Wall/Sound & Lighting Sponsor | Your name/logo in lights! This sponsor will be thanked from the stage and their logo will appear on all conference logistics slides (displayed prominently before the event and between presenters). This sponsorship will allow us to provide an enhanced audio-visual experience at the event through an LED wall.

Research Report Sponsor | Associate your generosity with rigorous research and quality data. In addition to a stage mention when the research is presented, this sponsor’s logo will appear on the report summary shared with 800 attendees and distributed throughout the year to 500 or more community members. The report garners significant media coverage, which will link to the report.

Wifi Sponsor | As the exclusive wifi sponsor, your company will receive recognition and thanks in all printed and online materials, signage in all session rooms recognizing and thanking sponsor for providing free wifi access, home screen/landing page directing users to URL/message of sponsor’s choice, customized network password (chosen by sponsor), and gratitude from the attendees—everyone loves free wifi!Attendees will be notified of the free service several times prior to the event and sponsor will be recognized and thanked in each notification.

Opportunity Summit 2019 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SPONSORSHIPS VALUED AT $10,000Art Performances Sponsor | Includes poetry from young adults, performing arts and more. This aligns the sponsor with youth voice and artistic expression. Sponsor logo will be displayed during introductions.

Parking Sponsor | The sponsor’s brand will be the first and last seen by attendees. As an exclusive sponsor, you will have the opportunity to brand the parking/valet signs reserved for participants. With your sponsorship, attendees will enjoy free parking.

Resource Fair Sponsor (sold) | Be the sponsor that helps connect hundreds of young adults to supportive services provided by partner nonprofit organizations. Logo will be displayed prominently in the resource fair space. SPONSORED BY PENN FOSTER EDUCATION

Lanyard and Badge | Have your company name and logo on our official Opportunity Summit badges worn by all attendees. One of the most recognizable sponsorship opportunities at the event.

Notebook and Pens | The high-quality notebook and pen is always a takeaway hit. And with your logo on them, this sponsorship offers strong brand recognition that lasts long after the summit.

SPONSORSHIPS VALUED AT $7,500Opportunity Summit Bags | This is a great way to promote your brand throughout the venue as all 800 attendees tote around their programs, swag materials and giveaways. Your logo will be the only sponsor logo included on the bag.

Advocacy Day for Leadership Council | Each year SDWP hires 10-12 opportunity youth to advise our OpportunitySD initative partners, and share their perspective on strategies and public policies that would better support young adults in the region. This will cover expenses to enable our Opportunity Youth Leadership Council to travel to the state capitol to advocate on behalf of their communities by speaking directly to state officials about their experiences. Includes on stage verbal recognition during the event.

Opportunity Summit 2019 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SPONSORSHIPS VALUED AT $5,000Program Printing | Our gorgeous, professionally-designed program will elevate the brand of our program sponsor, whose logo will be displayed on the program cover.

Art Expo | The fine arts provide learners with invaluable benefits; promoting self-esteem, motivation, aesthetic awareness, cultural exposure, creativity, improved emotional expression, as well as social harmony and appreciation of diversity. There will be a visual arts installation filled with creations by opportunity youth who are working with nonprofit partners. The sponsor’s name/logo will be prominently displayed in the art exhibit.

Breakout room sponsors (5 available) | Sponsor a breakout room where community members, elected officials, business leaders and young adults will come together to discuss important issues related to youth disconnection. Logo will be displayed outside the breakout rooms for the entire conference. You may also put up a roll-up display or poster inside the breakout room and distribute marketing materials in the breakout room. SPONSORED BY WATKINS WELLNESS

Youth Session Sponsor | One of the powerful features of the Summit is the participation of young adults. They attend all plenaries and any session they choose, but also can choose an experiential breakout session designed for them. The youth session sponsor will receive the same recognition and signage benefits of regular breakout room sponsors.

SPONSORED BY MICROSOFT

Opportunity Summit 2019 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SPONSORSHIPS VALUED AT $500+Sponsor 20 youth attendees (10 x $1,000) | A key feature of the summit is attendance by young adult community members, whose perspective and energy infuse the event with grounding in the reality of opportunity youth. For each $1,000, 20 youth are able to attend the event at no charge.

OpportunitySD Mini-Grants (5 x $1,000) | New this year: $1,000 awards to recognize local organizations doing exceptional work preventing or reconnecting opportunity youth. Intended for small community-based organizations, these grants will show the importance of community mobilization in support of opportunity youth. The sponsor of each award will be announced during the on-stage ceremony.

Quarterly OpportunitySD Webinar Sponsor (3 x $1000) | OpportunitySD webinars draw 100+ attendees from around the region and nation. Show your commitment to the opportunity youth issue through this creative connection, which comes with live mentions and on-screen logo placement on the title, transition and Q&A slides.

OpportunitySD Podcast Sponsor (10 x $500) | Our new youth-produced podcast, which will explore young adult realities in San Diego, can be sponsored for $500/episode. Produced by David’s Harp Foundation.

OpportunitySD Hope Fund | The OpportunitySD Hope Fund will be made available to the community to help young adults with expenses that impede their participation in school or work, such as car repairs, appropriate clothing or equipment, textbook expenses and child care. For young people living on the edge, even a cost of a few hundred dollars can become the trigger to disconnection. The fund will be announced at the summit, with recognition for all Hope Fund donors from the stage.

Opportunity Summit 2019 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

RECOGNITION $25,000 $15,000 $10,000 $7,500 $5000>$500-2,500

Sponsor profile in SDWP eNewsletter

Prominent main stage signage

Live on stage mentions 3 2 1 1 1

2-3 minutes podium time during event

Inclusion in all pre- and post- event emails Primary Logo Placement

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Name inclusion

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Inclusion in event website and program Primary Logo Placement

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Name inclusion

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Conference tickets 15 10 5 3 2

Inclusion in social media promotions

Name included in SDWP annual report

ADDITIONAL SPONSOR BENEFITS